Egypt is no stranger to servitude. Beginning with the Biblical story of Jewish Slaves in Egypt for 200 years, to serving as Britain’s longstanding domain, servitude is a common occurrence. When another sovereign power occupies and controls your country, it’s even worse because you have become controlled by another culture, and as history has illustrated, no one likes being controlled by someone else – especially when that someone else is a different country.
On this day February 28th, in 1922, Egypt regains its independence from Britain. British troops would still remain in Egypt, but officially had no control. British protectorate over Egypt ended on this day with the signing of the Unilateral Declaration of Egypt Independence.
Despite relinquishing a vast amount of power, many Egyptian nationalists were unhappy with certain clauses which still gave Britain certain rights and powers. The political strife was again renegotiated in 1936 under the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty. Egypt is known for having a fragile government, and with the help of social media, it brought about another revolution in 2011. Egypt and its 80 million inhabitiants kicked out Hosni Mubarak who had been in power for over 30 years.